Our History

​The first dental school and clinic had its early beginnings in 1929 at Norris Block of General Hospital at Sepoy Lines, today known as Singapore General Hospital (SGH). As the demand for dental treatment increased, a new building was constructed.

In 1938, the dental school and clinic was relocated and renamed Singapore General Hospital Dental Clinic. It provided training to dental students and dental treatment. When the dental school was relocated to Kent Ridge in 1986, the clinic continued operating and was renamed Government Dental Clinic.

Turning Vision to Reality

As demand for public dentistry increased, the need for better dental facilities and clinical expertise spawned the vision of a national dental centre. Between 1989- 1995, architectural plans were drawn up for a complex to house three institutions – Pegu Road Dental Clinic, Institute of Dental Health and Government Dental Clinic, which led to the establishment of National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS).

Timeline

1997

NDCS is set up to provide multidisciplinary and specialist care for complex dental cases

The Centre is the clinical teaching partner for endodontics, prosthodontics, orthodontics, periodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery postgraduate residency programmes with National University of Singapore

2000

A team from SGH and NDCS perform the world's first modified jaw advancement technique for obstructive sleep apnoea in Asians

NDCS comes under the management of SingHealth, the largest public healthcare cluster in Singapore

2002

The dental assisting and dental technology training programmes are launched in collaboration with Institute of Technical Education

NDCS signs a MOU with Nanyang Technological University and Karolinska Institutet for a tripartite research collaboration

2018

NDCS signs a MOU with Khoo Teck Puat Hospital for clinical care load balancing and rationalising of dental services and resources at the national level

NDCS signs a MOU with Changi General Hospital to set up the satellite NDCS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic @ CGH. The clinic serves hospital-based specialist oral healthcare needs in the East and is staffed by specialists from NDCS

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